Auxiliary spark-arresting screen for fireplaces



Aug. 8, 1950 2,518,005

C. A. GUSTAFSON El AL AUXILIARY SPARK-ARRESTING SCREEN FOR FIREPLACESFiled Oct. 28, I947 Fkw/v/r 0. 5 1444M INVENTORS.

BY f E I Arrozewzrs.

'AUXILTARYVSPARK-ARRESTING' SCREEN a .roa FIREPLACES Carl Gustafsori;South Pasadena, and Frank QThis invention relates to an auxiliarysparkarresting screen for fireplaces.

7 An object oi'the invention is to provide an auxiliary screen andameansfor mounting the same acrossthetop of a fireplace opening in suchfapositionthatthe auxiliary screen may effectively cooperate with theconventional fireplace screen to' prevent the escape of sparks forwardlythrough the fireplace opening. L

The conventional fireplace screen consists of three hingedly connectedscreen panels and is usually positioned some distance forwardly of thefireplace opening. While such a screenserves tofefiectively confinethose sparks [which fly out orthe fireplace jopeningin'amore or lesshorizontal' direction, d ueto thespacing of the top of the screen fromthe top of the fireplace opening there is 'opportunityfor sparksto'escape in. this direction. The improvedauxiliary screen is' designedto confine such sparks. ,e

Another object of the invention is to provide an auxiliaryspark-arresting screen consistingv essentially of a framedscreen'jpanel'or section. of wire'cloth' having end' members extendingdownwardly from the ends of thepanel adapted to abut th'e wallsof thefireplace around the fire} place opening to support'the screen in adown; wardlyand forwardly inclined position and to;

effectively confinesparks against escape beneath the ends of the screenand to provide a means for easily-and detachably mounting the screenona'convention-a1 fireplace.

With thejforegoing.,.and' other objects in view, which will 'bemademanifest in the following detailed description and specifically pointedout in the appended claims, reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings for an illustrative embodiment of the invention wherein:

Figure 1,.is a perspectiveview of .;a fireplace illustrating theauxiliary screen embodying the present invention as having been appliedthereto and illustrat ng a conventional fireplacejiscreen ii h rllt n v1T Fig. =2 is-a partial-view in front elevation, parts being brok'en-'away and shown in sectiorijjilluse tratingdetails of the mounting meansby which the screen may be mounted;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially upon the line 33 uponFig. 2 in the direction indicated;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken substantially upon the line 4-4 uponFig. 2 in the direction indicated;

Fig. 5 is a partial view in section taken substantially upon the line 55upon Fig. 3 in the direction indicated; and

;Swan,'San Gabriel, Calif. i App1ication-0ctober28, 1947, SerialNo.78-25520 lfllaims. (cr es-#202) Fig.- 6 is a perspective view of partsof the mounting means for the screen.

Referring to the accompanying drawings whereinsimilar referencecharacters designate similar parts throughout, there is illustrated in.

Fig. 1 a conventional form of fireplace wherein the fire box or hearthindicated at it) is formed in walls indicated at I I; A conventionalform of fireplace screen is-illustrated in applied position.

thereto at- I 2.

The auxiliary screen consists of a section of issuitably framed'such' asin sheet metal channels l4 whicnmay be bolted, together orotherwisesecured together as at l5 at the corners so thfatfthe; framedscreen panel is relatively stiff and ri'gid.' Triangularly shaped endmembers I6 are secured to the ends of the frame in any suitable manneror they may be integral therewithand the rear edges H of these end.members arep'designed'to abut against the faces of the walls H adjacentthe upper corners of the fireplace opening. I ll/leans is provided fordetachably mountingthe screen across the top of .thefireplace opening.This consists of two triangularly' shaped plates, one ,of which isillustrated at I8; These plates are usually in the form of a right angletriangle and have their corners bent rearwardly as indicated at I9positioned at the upper corners of the fireplace opening with therearwardly bent portions 99 bearing against the faces of the walls ll soas to slightly space the bodies of these plates from the facesofthewalls. Bolts 26 extend through these plates adjacent'the right angledcorners thereof and are equipped with nuts 2! disposed within Ueshapedbrackets 22. The sides'of these brackets are'preferablyso spaced withrelation to; the

These plates are designed to be Screw driver to draw the plates I8 intofirm engagement with the face of the wall I I. The bolts 26 areadequately long so as to provide adequate adjustment regardless of thespacing of the anchoring screws 23 from the face of wall II. In thismanner the anchoring screws 23 can be driven nt t e m rt r o mpt ebetwee he bricks and the bol ts 20' providefwhatever adjust merit isnce's'sary'to tighten the plates is in'pesition bearing against the wallI I across the upper 10 corners of the fireplace opening.

Hangers 24 have heads 25Athat are disposed within the upper channel ofthe frame of the auxiliary screen. These hangers are prefer ly formed ofsheet metal andbiftifiihtlj t 5 so that they may slide downwardlybetween the body portion of the plate I8 and? the face or wall I I, itbeing recalled that the rearwardly bent portions I9 slightly space thebody of eachplate I8 from the face of the wall. These hangers 20riferely serveto"hol d"' the"scre'en in elevatedposition acrossthe"topof the fireplace'op'ening theen'drhembers I1 which bear againstthe face "o ff"the' wall II' oia the "s c'ren in "its in; dlined"position'." 25

Wlv'lien' the"'screen is in position over the fire: placefopeningfitwill be appreciated thatfit can effectively cooperate with "theconventional scr'eemfl to c'ohfine spark'swithin the: fire bgx. If atanytime it is desired torernove the screen 30 this can 'be"easilyacconiplished by merely lifting thescreenjsliding the hangers uwar y a eh nid hEBQQY TP rfiQfi f t e. plates h ma 8.? nsl" ei ia cho is a s r -L vidd by ZI, 22' and23 need'not be disturbed. 5

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p i in supp rtin means adapted tfb 'tig ti-j ene'd against the face ofa" wall aboii ,r e" d sposed in spafcedf'relation the rac of wallf'a'lfr med ir i dapt d to ss me .ai o i i r a-f tendingmass the topfo fjthe:firepiaee cpenm' l T e 'f he, aree? Q6 Y-% i 5 pprtmn's'and the face oithe wall toshppoILthe' the fends of the screen, said end members"jhayting'frearedgesenga'geablefwith the, ace of w'allto po itionftheframed soreenoutwardly oi} supporting means.

prising'co rne'r members applicable across the up; per corners of ia'fireplaceopening, said corner,

sereen therefro'iri, and end menilo'er's' sq i'd to an,

and said face of the wall, and end members on the ends of the screenextending downwardly and ii'gageable with the face of the wall andserving to support the screen away from the wall in a forwardly inclinedposition across'the top of the fireplace opening.

' 3.Anauxil iary fire screen for fireplaces comprising a substantiallyfiat framed screen of generally'ie'ctangular shape having a length tospan the fireplaeei pe Q iq membe s eda t d be'positioned "at uppercorners of a fireplace Opening, me n adapted. t9 e n e d: within thefireplaoe'i'or tightening the corner members was h a Q i wa s b ut. hefi a e. ea in th ui nr' ds f, the iramed' s een r," d te tably cqiY ethg th ramed creen '41. we 'qr jr ber g es means exte d n own.- from .1id e lt'es' r Wefrarimd' creee o be ing a ai s ffih a o hew l Q-u h firb te' f0 fies t q'e t e, r med sc n a wllwa td a d q zl idl n in d,gsiiiqn rom" he. oil q the epl e Maine ux r j l enfor. fi e a s m; sin it ten l yq et, i id ramed, se n, ha in l h fi "to span the menace,opening, co ner; mgml 1 seamed a s 1 i s ti ned, t he ma mas Qf: fire pnin I means.- er; sh e ies h s me? Pi r ain t e ce. ofthewall's aboutthe fireplace'thecorner e i r v s r h e i 'a as as epanortio tem. h w lh set e ur d, a iens. he a aran aeiv b a e e he amer m mberwm hlafirepla e a annort he eq ee as Qm h a v 9 ide; d rew ad p ed; qa sai ita s @1 9. firealaea apa 1 t ewnwerdln -Q1:

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